linux-kernel - Re: stable patch queues and submission

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Date:	Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:39:21 +0200
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, willy@...a-x.org,
	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: stable patch queues and submission

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 02:31:13PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 08:23:50PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > With kernel.org being down, the stable@...nel.org list is no longer
> > > working.  This leaves me wondering if we should send patches directly to
> > > the various stable tree maintainers with [stable] in the prefix and
> > > linux-kernel CC'd, or if the stable queues are even being maintained
> > > during the outage.
> > 
> > No, please do not, unless you need something "special", and even then,
> > please cc: lkml and the developers so it's not lost.
> 
> Would "special" include patches that are backported for longterm
> releases?

Yes.

greg k-h
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